PROCLAMATIONS, 1933. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done in the City of Washington this 6th day of March-l A.M . in the year of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and [SEAl,] Thirty-three, and of the Independence of the United States the One Hundred and Fifty-seventh. By the President: CORDELL HULL Secretary oj State. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT [No. 2039] [CONTINUING IN FORCE THE BANK HOLIDAY PROCLAMATION OF MARCH 6, 1933] BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION 1691 March 9. 1933. WHEREAS, on March 6, 1933, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT Bankhollda,. President of the United States~f America, by Proclamation declared ~~:.~_. the existence of a national emergency an<i proclaimed a bank holiday extending from Monday the 6th day of March to Thursday the 9th day of March, 1933, both dates inclusive, in order to prevent the export, hoarding or earmarkin~ of gold or silver coin, or bullion or currency, or speculation in foreIgl! exchange; and WHEREAS, under the Act of March 9, 1933, all Proclamations StatutorJ approYaI herA tofore or hereafter issued by the President pursuant to the au- an.:!TarmstroBot (talk)i.4~'· thority conferred by section 5(b) of the Act of October 6,1917, as VoU .P .41I5. amended, are aJ?proved and confinned; and W HEREA8 saId national emergency still continues and it is neces- Further meuurn , . '.nlCllllll8r)' UDder preeent sary to take further measures extendmg beyond March 9, 1933, m emergency. order to accomplish such purposes: ~OW, THEREFORE, 11 F~AN~LIN D. R008EV~LT! Presi~ent of the te~3~tbeTarmstroBot (talk) 20:03, 8 July 2014 (UTC)ak':; Uruted States of Amenca, m VIew of such contmumg natIOnal emer- 9 .11133 . gency and by virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 5(b) of the Act of October 6, 1917 (40 Stat. L ., 411) as amended by the Act of March 9, 1933, do hereby proclaim, order, direct and declare that all the terms and provisions of said Proclamation of March 6, 1933 and the regulations and orders issued thereunder are hereby continued in full force and effect until further proclamation by the President. IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and have caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done in the District of Columbia, tIns 9th day of March, in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and TIlirty- [SEAL] three, and of the Independence of the United States the One Hundredth and Fifty-seventh. By the President: CORDELL HULL Secretary oj State. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT [No. 2040]
